and it is fabulous. we're going to have that for you coming up later on this morning. that's the new cd set out. >> that's early. >> i'm as big a jackson 5 fan as i am beatles. it is amazing stuff. >> i haven't heard any of it. all right. tucker is downstairs in the weather center. a look at this wonderful wednesday weather. >> thank you very much. nice later today. clouds out there at the moment but if you hang in there later today high temperatures up near 80 so things improving here as we get going with our day. cloud cover, in fact a lot of cloud cover and one or two sprinkles across the region. might have a sprinkle on the north side of the beltway. it's possible could be an early sprinkle for you, gradually weather conditions will improve here.

and late morning early afternoon, peaksof sunshine. another mild day as mentioned with temperatures into the upper 70s to 80 later. currently, 62 in washington. local airports, 57 and baltimore 60. here's your forecast for today. mix of clouds and sun. high temperatures 80. could be sprinkle here for the next hour or two. more details on the forecast. tony, back to you. >> thank you very much. first up at 9:00,ome of you got to work late today thanks to an accident that took hours to clean up. a car hit a tractor trailer last night at 11:30. cleaning up the fuel spilled didn't get done until 615 tame time this morning. all lanes are open now. the driver of the car was charged with reckless driving.

>> top story this morning, a search for a serial groper continues. >> here is a schedule that the man police are looking for. approached in broad day light while pushing a strolle melanie is live with the latest on the investigation. and there's got to be concern these incidents seem to be escalating. >> reporter: that's right. there has been attack of this natureery week for the past month and a half. and police do classify them as sexual assaults. most of them did happen in the springfield area. it does appear the suspect may have moves on. it was 4:20 in the afternoon last friday near south maple avenue and gibson street. a woman pushing a baby stroller becomes a target. she's distracted cause she's talking on her cell phone. a man grabs her and gropes her forceful. she finally manages to scream for

help and then the man runs away. >> i saw a woman with a baby and she was very animated and physically upset. i have a 13-year-old daughter who comes home from the bus. i don't think she's going to be coming home by herself. >> if you are taing on your cell phone, be aware of what's going on. if you feel like you are being followed, cross the street, try to find another person. hop into a store. flag down a car . call 911 or your local police department. trust that instinct that something isn't right. >> reporter: police are comparing suspect descriptions. he's about five foot six to five foot eight inches tall. hispanic with medium complex. and a skinny build. in several cases, the suspect was wearing t-shirt, jeans and red baseball cap. there have been six reported incidents like this in

the springfield area between september 7th and october 2nd in the springfield cases police said those victims reported those suspect had a short neatly trim beard. back to you. >> thank you. in the meantime a woman accused of going on a high speed ride from virginia to maryland is charged with first degree assault and reckless endangerment. angela crashed into a number of cars outside walter reed medical center. a civilian officer opened fire and hit the windshield. cobalt is a licensed nurses aid. >> a boy accused of killing his foster sister will go to a therapeutic group home. charged with involuntary manslaughter. this is not the right picture there. that means that he

wasn't admitting guilty but new there was enough evidence to convict him. the judge did not say how long the boy will spend at the group home but he did not be around any children and can only have contact with his family under supervision. now, two teen-aged brothers could be charged as adults for killing a 12-year-old girl in new jersey. the boys who are 15 and 17 asked autumn to come to their home on saturday to trade bicycle parts. the boy's mother found a disturbing facebook post. >> president obama hits the campaign trail and today will travel more than 5,000 miles in his busiest single day of re-election campaign. iowa, colorado, nevada and interview in la.

governor mitt romney is also on the road attending campaign events in two states today. yesterday, president obama campaigned in ohio. tomorrow he visits virginia, florida and back in ohio. mitt romney will campaign in nevada and iowa today. he appeared with paul ryan in colorado yesterday. and a reminder about our new election special. fox 5 news is our new show that deals with local and national candidates in the final weeks. you can see it at 6:30 every week night right here on fox 5. we're focusing on the maryland senate race. next week the candidates will debate live on fox 5 morning news. they will part next wednesday october 31st at 9:00 a.m. if you have a question for one of the

candidates send it and we'll try to use it. >> new this morning, pope benedict the 16th has named 6 new cardinals. one of them is american. archbishop james michael harvey. he was ordained in the 1970s. been in charge of running the household at the vatican since 1998. the other cardinals come from nigeria, philippines, lebanon, libya. also new today, the country's fastest highway opens up. you can drive 85 miles an hour legally on a 41 mile stretch of toll road in texas. the road is intended to relieve congestion. that high speed limit is apparently tied to how much money the state can collect in tolls. the contract with the

toll operator calls for a big cash payment. >> dc's speed cameras are raking in the dough. just one speed camera on new york avenue turned out nearly 117,000 tickets with fines coming to more than $11 million. that was over a 23 month period. dc law makers are debating legislation that would change current fines to bring them more in line to other jurisdictions. >> set off a heated debate in the big apple this year. >> dc may be the next one to crack down. >> council member has been pushing for a limit on super sized drinks and she may soon have the votes needed to get it passed. they would support a ban on super size drins in an effort to battle obesity. some of their colleagues and the mayor said they are open to

discuss the issue. there's nothing on paper just yet but leaders could consider a ban like the one in new york that caps sugary drinks at 16 ounces. a tax is another option. >> not something we can ignore. i know that people say oh, nanny state. if there is a serious public health problem, when hasn't the government looked to take steps to address it? >> if the issue is kids are drinking too much soda, it's up to parents to reduce that amount. that's a decision parents rather than the dc council should make. >> a similar effort by the dc council came up short in 2010 but only by one vote. expected to take up this issue again in the next few months so we'll have to see how this plays out and see if people get on board or see if it's too much in our personal business. back to you. >> all right. thank you. listen to this: driver less

cars could become a reality in the district of columbia. considering laws to allow the testing of driver less cars just like legislation in california, nevada and florida. several city council members have already taken rides in google cars. testing vehicles that use radar, cameras and spinning laser beams. there are more than 720,000 unemployed military veterans in the united states. >> coming up, how the home depot is helping thousands of them find jobs. we will talk about the manager about up coming career workshops straight ahead. we had a g good group of people. good group of employees out there. this was a booming place. and mitt romney and bain capital turned it in to a junk yard. i was suddenly, 60 years old. i had no health care.

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9:13. welcome back. the majority of service members returning from iraq and afghanistan saying finding a new career is one of the biggest

challenges. companies have started combat to career initiatives designed to help this new generation of vets. this weekend the home depot will hold two workshops called mission transition. joining us now is alison she's the disstrakt manager. thanks for coming in. good to see you. >> thanks for having me. >> this is a nationwide event correct? >> you got it. we are so excited. 100 workshops on saturday from 2 to 5. and really we're targeting the military workforce. we want to give back to the men and women and help them prepare to the transitions. >> we have the information up on the screen now. and we'll keep that up there. but we'll also get to specifics about that in just a moment. first, i gave the number a short time ago, 720,000 unemployed veterans. that's a lot of people and it's people who they've been serving our country.

that's why they've been out of the workforce and they have a different skill set generally speaking. what are some of the issues? >> some of the things, the workforce is just so different. folks are transitioning into the workforce just how to apply. how to make sure skills are translated. employers understand what they can bring to the organization. these are some of the things we're targeting. >> and in fact, that's the workshops will focus on. resumes, how to interview? what are some of the other things. >> saturday the first one is searching strategies. we want to give them advice on where and

how to job search for opportunities. talk about the importance of networking and impact to network with employers. again, i reference this before but really help them alter their lingo and language that was important in the military workforce but make sure that translates to the have a sill i can't know employer. and the third workshop will be on hiring -- excuse me, interview skills. and how it is a little bit different from the military world. >> it is free. you do need to register. all the information is online. it's this saturday. space is limited. you want to log on as quickly as possible and get registered. >> i do want to mention that we've linked your web site to our web site.

want to ask you the home depot, doing for a while. you make a point of hiring veterans. >> sure. we have well over a 35,000 employees that are active duty or military veterans. it's an important issue for us. we really want to continue in this mission transition event to give them resources, skills and training that can translate not to the home depot but any employer. >> you are not the only company doing it but you are here with us today. thank you very much and i'm sure the active service military personnel and veterans thank you as well. it's important and these people have to get back to their home life and you need a job. >> sure. >> thank you very much. again, the workshops take place this weekend. go to my fox dc.com. all the latest information and the link to the home depot web

site for more. >> 9:17. thank you. the nats may not be in it. but the world series begins tonight in san francisco. dave ross will have a preview. >> doesn't seem right. we'll go on anyway . the redskins may be 3 and 4. there's hope they can go to pittsburgh and come back with a win. why? rgiii. this town is in love with this guy. we'll talk steeler ands skills. speaking of love. >> i'm in love. i'm not sure even you dave look this good in a tux. check out carlos. is he cute or what? thank you for the kisses. he is dressed for the love ball. going on in less than two weeks. benefits the humane society. coming up live later we're going to tell you firsthand why you want to make sure you take advantage of the invite. they need you. we'll tell you all about it. >> we're getting a look at the

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the fall classic kicks off tonight in the skins limp back out to face the steelers. we're not limping. we're walking in proud. >> we're banged up. here's the good news if it is good news. the steelers are banged up too. >> yes. that is good. >> troy and all of his hair will not be playing on sunday. which is good news. i har ken back to a time did people talk about a team with this much

optimism? last year they were 3 and 4 and we're like they are done. this year we're like they have a special unit. last night just talking to some people, i got the feeling a lot of the redskins faithful believe because of robert griffin iii they can go up to pittsburgh and steal a win. they are 3 and 4. this season is hanging in the balance. i know the popular hought is well, we're a year away. no, they are not necessarily. and this is the point getting back to the nationals. sometimes you have to seize the opportunity. right now it's there. very close in all these games. they are right there in basically every football game. >> remember last year a 9 and 7 giants team got to the superbowl. >> that's why you are tony perkins. just get in.

get into the big dance, you never know what could happen. tonight world series game number 1 on fox 5. can i get a tony bennett. >> a lot of power. >> how about that? that was like a half second delay. well done in audio. i was decided to see if he does it again. one of the reasons why i'd like to see the giants win. the reason why i don't think they are going to win is because tony bennett can't hit. i don't think the giants will be able to hit justin. they have a 1-2 punch that's really good. the reasons why we like to root for the giants, the tigers are going to take this thing in five. miguel who won the triple crown this year and destroyed the yankees and in new york, tony, you know this. all the talk up

there is the yankees demise. and one of the reasons why this guy. so haven't had a triple crown winner since 1967. it's a special team. i think it's going to be a great world series but i like detroit to come out on top on this one. you are going with san fran? >> no. detroit. >> tony? >> when tony bennett gets out there. >> tony is great. >> the motor city. leaving your heart in san francisco. it's close. >> you've provided a segue. speaking of detroit and motown, listen to this. >> i know the voices. i don't know that song . >> previously unheard jackson five song. there is a whole new cd set out of songs we've never heard. how we have been heard of this i don't know.

we'll tell you about it coming up. >> nice smooth segue. not by me, by you. >> not me. i can give you this a live look outside. another warm day on tap. tucker is back after the break to tell us how long the weather will stick around. it's 9:25. >> i like it.  [ woman ] dear chex cereal,

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♪ >> that is, what you are hearing is another song by the jackson five recorded in 1970 back when they first hit and had three or four number one hits in a row. this is a new box set that is out. i say box set, it is two cds put out. jackson five come and get it, the rare pearls. two cds. i got to tell

you, for some reason we always mention me and the beatles. i'm as big an motown fan. >> i did not know that. >> i was the perfect age when the jackson five came out. i collect all this stuff. even i am surprised at the quality of the material on this box set. it's two cds, 14 tracks on the first disc. 18 on the second. most of them great cuts that have never been heard before. >> where did you get that? >> this came out like a week ago. >> it's not in best buy. go to amazon or itunes and download individual songs. >> so pretty. >> you get a box. nice book of the story where these songs have been. the cds come in these great little like a 45.

and in the box, they've selected two of the songs that could have been hits. and made a new old motown 45. >> that's so cool. that's the best. >> let me play a little of one other song. this is i got a sure thing. listen to this. ♪ >> listen to michael sing. >> how old was he? >> 12. i heard it and i got choked up. there's no new michael any more. this is new classic michael and the jackson five from back in the day. i'm not paid by motown but if you like motown, this is brand new. jackson five, come and get it. >> you don't think it means a lot to tony.

he won't let me touch the box. >> you can look at it. >> we're going to get one too. very cool. >> if you are a fan of the jackson five, you want to buy this. >> we're going to take a look at beautiful scenery. >> that looks like --. >> a painting. >> or a puzzle. >> i've never seen that photo before. but we love it. >> brenda hacket. send us your photo and we'll try to get your photo up. look how gorgeous that is. >> it's so vibrant. >> just beautiful this time of year. today be a good day. clouds up there at the moment. later this afternoon, should see good sunshine and temperatures returning close to the 80 degree mark. another nice warm day expected across the metro area.

65 now. we're slowly warming up. 62 this morning. 57. 50s here through the north and west. cloud cover you can see it rolling through. there you go. it's a very weak little upper level disturbance that brought a sprinkle or two and continue to do so. might have a sprinkle in the last couple minutes. but the trend will be to at least increase sunshine around here. partly sunny this afternoon. and again with winds out of the south and west, should be in for a warm afternoon. high temperatures to approach the 80 degree mark around here for one more day and cool it down as we get into the weekend. this is tropical storm sandy likely to become a hurricane any moment. wind 70 miles per hour. there's jamaica and expected to cross

jamaica later tonight as a hurricane. then across cuba and then the question becomes where does it track after that? a couple different scenarios. one thing we do know, it will be to the east of florida and then maybe some of the energy gets pulled up towards the midatlantic. we will have to keep a close eye on the event path as we get into the end of the week. tropical storm warnings and watches issued. our forecast, 80 today. could be a sprinkle over the next hour or two. winds out of the north at 5. 80 degree mark, good day to get outside and enjoy the leaves. there's your 7 day forecast. cooling down over the next couple days. 75. could be early shower on friday. backdoor cold front and big cool down for the end of the weekend. monday and tuesday, cloudy. could be showers around here. highs in the 50s. get ready for

a big cool down. that's a look at the weather. back to you at the desk. >> thanks. ready for this? bobby brown arrested again. >> oh, no. >> find out what it was that put him behind bars. >> all right. late night talk show host narrowly misses a motorcycle crash. next in the buzz bin. stay with us.  [ male announcer ] if barack obama is re-elected,

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it was like building my own coffin, and it just made me sick. [ male announcer ] priorities usa action is responsible for the content of this advertising. welcome back. it's 9:38. this is a look at the dow. the stock market opened a few moments up. the dow jones is up 28 points. was up 35 points a few moments ago. and it is dropping as we look. obviously we had a rough day yesterday trying to get some recovery. see how it goes through the res. >> well, bobby brown arrested a

second time this year. >> and jay leno a few feet from a nafty crash. . >> good morning. >> reporter: such a good entrance every time. >> we love talking to you. you got that thing fixed over your left shoulder. that looks nice today. >> reporter: a little better. marker in there. very classy. >> let's talk about the king of r&b, mr. bobby brown. this is unfortunate news of another arrest. >> reporter: well, arrested again. second time this year he's been arrested for suspicion of dui. he was arrested this morning about 1:00 a.m. he was driving through the streets of la. cops saw him and pulled him over and took a sobriety test which he failed. took him in and booked him. but yeah back in march he was arrested for dui. and back in 1996 he has a

dui on his record. clearly, he has issues with the booze. >> the reality show i want to see him on is the celebrity rehab. >> he's done rehab along the way. aren't he? >> reporter: yeah, he's done rehab over the years. >> okay. do it for bobby christina, bobby brown. >> our next topic, i have no idea. >> jay leno. >> yes, he's out on his motorcycle and what happens? >> reporter: okay. so last october jay leno does this love ride. he gets all his buddies together and a bunch of people will join in and they ride around la. they raise money. all this good stuff . well, there was a huge accident that was caused last year and a woman got blamed for the accident. and she has now released some videotape of this accident where she is claiming i was not at fault for this.

do not blame me. i had my camera rolling. you see the nasty accident. a motorcycle stops and another rear ends him. people are flying around on the freeway and jay leno is being close to taken down. almost clips the back of his tire and he keeps going. i don't think he realized what had happened. pretty intense video and i think this woman wants to clear her name and say this is not my fault. i did not cause this accident. >> dramatic video. dax, thank you so much . >> thank you. have a good one. >> you too. >> too bad cause that's for a good cause. distraction isn't good. i guess everybody is okay. that's the part we don't know. but jay leno is okay. tony, over to you. >> tmz is on at 7:00 p.m. for the next two weeks because of that new election show.

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welcome back. >> is your pet dressing up for halloween? we want to see the pictures. this is di ai -- this is daisy. she's wondering what is

this? >> send your photos to petpix@wttg.com. we may use your photo this friday during our pet halloween costume segment. that should be fun. >> employees are bringing in animals if they can. >> all right. speaking of all this, dinner dancing and dogs coming up in less than two weeks, humane society hosts 14th annual love ball. >> the event features exciting give-a-ways even a doggy bar where you and your pup can sip on cocktails. we'll explain that. live in rockville with more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. look at my date . so sweet right? aww. it is all about love when you talk about the love ball. i have been holding carlos for the past half hour. his demeanor has never changed.

this calm the entire time and he is up for adoption and he is dressed in his tux this morning because he's helping me talk about the charity that's going on. she's the president and ceo of the humane society. and events and marketing manager. good morning to both of you. hard to top carlos. >> he's pretty amazing the the love ball is pretty amazing too. it's important because it really is a key fundraiser in helping support her mission. tell people all that goes on. >> okay. we operate the public shelter. in addition to the basic operation, we do all kinds of programs like foster for animals. we work with rescues locally and nationally to get animals from the shelter into

closer to homes. we have a humane education program. >> and you know i don't think people realize in our area how fortunate we are that we have no kill shelters. >> animals are taken care of. we do everything we can to take care of these guys and, for example, carlos here as an luxatig patella. it's on his bag leg and what that means is his kneecap is hanging around. one of the things that the money that the humane society raises from generous donations is to take care of surgeries like his which is not an uncommon surgery. >> if you go to the event a week from saturday, buying that ticket spending money will help pay for surgeries like this so carlos can be wonderful. let's

talk about the dinner dancing and dogs. we have pictures from the event. so people can see how much fun it is. what's going to happen that night? >> typical charity except you get to bring your dog which everybody absolutely loves. there's a cocktail reception. we have a doggy bar there that night. >> explain the doggy bar. >> the doggy bar is just treats and yummy desserts for your dog. they get to enjoy the same stuff. >> i'm assuming the only cocktail they serve the dog is water. >> right. >> easy availability to take your dog out. >> absolutely. we have water for the dogs there. we have a pottie area outside. >> you have a silent auction and live auction. give me a little idea. >> so excited about silent live auctions. we have great items this year.

we have lots of baskets from local vendors and businesses to national hotel stays. live auction includes costa rica get away. >> costa rica for a week. >> we have tickets to the daily show with john stewart. we've got a lot of really great stuff people are going to love. >> how integral is this one event? to the work you do here? >> any time we're raising money, it all goes to the animals. we rely heavily on these events to raise much needed funds. it's extremely important. >> if you want to get tickets which is a week from this saturday. i will be mcing it, go online. we have a link to the humane societies web site. but also look online at the

wonderful pets up for adoption. say back to you. >> you got me once. don't try to get me again. so sweet. >> always room for one more. he's so little. >> yeah . okay. let's talk later. it's been a decade since rapper hit the music scene. she earned mtv, vma breakout artist. and today her musical journey continues. she was a contestant on x factor and this morning she joins us live to perform her single. the video debuts online today. good morning to you. >> good morning. how are you? >> i'm doing well. thank you. you brought along a friend. >> mike. this is my background vocalist. >> tell us about the x factor. >> the x factor was amazing. it was surreal. i had a great time. it was a great opportunity. and i've been

telling folks i'll be back next year. >> you made it to the judge's houses. >> thousands of people. >> okay. let's move on to new music in the project. and the video that's out today. >> fall back is what we're dropping today. myself, filad day. it's an animated type of video. really fun. something for the kids . >> we've been looking at it. it's important you said that. it's positive. i'm in the car turning the radio down. what's the message behind your music? >> the biggest thing is trying to be a household name. you can play it in front of your grandmother and play it for your three year old daughter. a message that's empowering but honest. my story genuine leer. that's my whole journey . just trying to uplift women. keep them encouraged and let them know we can do this. >> again, you are representing well. >> today we're going to hear a

record called believed. >> let me get on out of the shot. ♪ i say what what what, what you complaining for. you ♪ [ rap music ] ♪ everybody who waiting but they hope i never make it ♪ tell me all the secrets and hope i never make it. it will be from the grave i never laying. ♪ got me into trouble and then got me through. live up in this bubble. i'm the queen i'm the queen. ♪ put your foot up on the pedal.

you got to believe in something ♪ ♪ you got to believe in something cause you can't work for nothing. you got to believe in something ♪ you got to believe in something ♪ ♪ you got to believe in something cause you can't live for nothing ♪ do ya, do ya, do ya, do ya, do ya, do ya. ♪ everybody want to hang. when they see the rain, everybody want to change ♪ do your own thing ♪ ♪ ♪ [ rap music ] ♪

where you live, tell me where you live. tell me what you want. i'm going to tell you what it is. you want to hear then i'll tell you to your kid. keep doing what you doing and believe. ♪ got to believe in something. you got to believe in something cause you can't live for nothing. you got to believe in something ♪ ♪ you got to believe in something ♪ you got to believe in something cause you can't live for nothing ♪ do years ago [ mitt romney ] we have to work on a collaborative basis.

look, the reason i'm in this race is there are people that are really hurting today in this country. and we face this deficit -- could crush the future generations. and republicans and democrats both love america but we need to have leadership -- leadership in washington that will actually bring people together and get the job done and could not care less if it's a republican or a democrat. i've done it before, i'll do it again. i'm mitt romney, and i approve this message. the video is now in of the st. louis city flag being raised this morning outside dc's wilson building. this is the payoff made between mayor gray and the

st. louis mayor over who would win the national league divisional series. the nats lost so the st. louis flag will fly over the district for the day. it's called the three rivers flag because of its appearance. >> it's pretty. >> you still live in st. louis -- you used to live in st. louis. >> does this look anything like st. louis? >> i never saw that vantage point but i don't think so. >> there's a live shot. clouds across the area . we'll get sun by afternoon. not going to be a sunny bright afternoon. either way, should be warm. if you can get a chance to get out and enjoy the scenery, please do so. 80 today. and we're going to cool it down to the end of the weekend and by sunday, monday, things could get interesting. our topical storm, you get the idea chltd .